Updated Olympic TV Schedule for T&F

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Updated Olympic TV Schedule for T&F 8/9/2008 11:54AM

On July 20th, I posted a 2-page TV schedule that was a summary of a long 20-page online schedule (for all sports) at USAtoday.com. (See: http://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/beijing/2008-07-08-nbc-tv-web-schedule_N.htm)

NBC recently came out with their own online schedule which can be found here:
http://www.nbcolympics.com/tv_and_online_listings/zone=ET/day=7/sport=AT/index.html
The new NBC schedule has more up-to-date time information while the older USA Today schedule contains more detailed event information. The updated schedule I’ve listed below combines the best of the NBC & USA Today schedules, and also corrects some errors in those schedules. Do not my earlier July 20th version of this schedule because NBC has made several schedule changes since then.

The only running events being broadcast live will be the men’s and women’s marathons – but don’t expect to watch the entire marathon live. Coverage of Women’s marathon appears to not begin until 9:30pm ET Sat Aug 16, which is two hours after this race began. Perhaps there will be intermittent coverage from 7:30-9:30pm ET when swimming finals are being shown live.

All final events for T&F will be broadcast either in primetime with a 10-15 hour delay, or in a late-night (12:30am-2:00am) broadcast -- except that the men’s 10,000m will be broadcast during a day-time broadcast (2-6pm Sun-Aug17). The only non-final T&F events that are specifically mentioned on the NBC and USA Today TV schedules are rounds 1 & 2 of the men’s & women’s 100m and the women’s 800m semis. However, it appears other non-final T&F events will be shown during NBC’s day-time broadcasts on August 16, 18 & 19.

All times below are ET (and I think PT as well). Beijing time is 12 hours ahead of ET. Apparently west coast viewers will see everything 3 hours later than east coast viewers, but I’m not 100% sure on this.

Any T&F coverage listed for MSNBC, CNBC, USA, Oxygen & Telemundo appears to be replays of events shown earlier on NBC (but again, I’m not 100% sure on this).

There are 6 Day Time (DT) broadcasts for T&F: (They will be time delayed at least 1-5 hours.)

(1) 11am-noon Fri-Aug15 – Men’s 100m (1st round).
(2) 4 pm-6 pm Sat-Aug16 – Unspecified T&F qualifying events.
(3) 2 pm-6 pm Sun-Aug17 – Men’s 10,000m finals.
(4) 11am-1pm Mon-Aug18 – Unspecified T&F qualifying events.
(5) 11am-1pm Tues-Aug19 – Unspecified T&F qualifying events.
(6) 11am-1pm Thurs-Aug 21 – Men’s Decathlon, day 1.

There are 7 Late Night (12:30am–2:00am) broadcasts for T&F:

(1) Fri-Aug15 – Women’s 10,000m finals.
(2) Sat-Aug16 – Women’s 800m semifinals
(3) Sun-Aug 17 – Men’s hammer finals. Women’s triple jump and steeple finals.
(4) Mon-Aug 18 – Women’s 800m and discus finals.
(5) Tue- Aug 19 – Men’s high jump and discus finals.
(6) Wed-Aug 20 – Women’s hammer and 20km walk finals. (20km walk is on CNBC)
(7) Sat-Aug 23 – Men’s javelin finals. Perhaps women’s high jump finals if not shown in prime time.

FRIDAY, AUG. 15 – DAY 7 (DT=Day Time, PT=Prime Time, LN=Late Night)
DT) 11:00am – noon
Men’s 100m (1st round)
PT) 8:00pm – midnight
Men's 100m Butterfly & 50m Freestyle finals (LIVE)
Women's 200m Backstroke & 800m Freestyle finals (LIVE)
Men's 100m competition (2nd round)
Men's Shot Put finals
Men’s Beach Volleyball (LIVE)
Men's Volleyball – USA vs. China
Women's 50m Swimming Freestyle semifinal (LIVE)
LN) 12:30am – 2:00am
Women's 10,000m finals
Women's 3m Springboard Diving qualification round

SATURDAY, AUG. 16 – DAY 8
DT) 4:00pm – 6:00pm
Track & Field – unspecified qualifying events
Women's Springboard 3m Diving semifinals
PT) 7:30pm – 9:30pm
Men's 4x100m Medley Relay & 1500m Freestyle finals (LIVE)
Women's 50m Freestyle & 4x100m Medley Relay finals (LIVE)
PT) 9:30pm – midnight
Women's Marathon (LIVE)
Women's 100m Competition (1st & 2nd rounds)
Men's 100m finals
Women's Heptathlon & Shotput finals
LN) 12:30am – 2:00am
Women's Beach Volleyball – USA quarterfinals match
Women's 800m semifinals

SUNDAY, AUG. 17 – DAY 9
DT) 2:00pm – 6:00pm
Men’s 10,000m finals (This was originally scheduled for broadcast after midnight)
Rowing–Eights finals
Badminton, table tennis, beach volleyball and more.
PT) 7:00pm – midnight
Men's Floor & Pommel Horse finals
Women's Floor & Vault finals
Women's Triathlon finals
Women's 100m finals
Women's 3m Springboard Diving finals
LN) 12:30am – 2:00am
Men’s Hammer Throw finals
Women's Triple Jump finals
Women’s Steeplechase finals (Was originally scheduled for primetime)
Men's Beach Volleyball quarterfinals

MONDAY, AUG. 18 – DAY 10
DT) 11:00am – 1:00pm
Men's Volleyball – USA vs. Japan (LIVE)
Men's Beach Volleyball
Track & Field – unspecified events
Men's Springboard 3m Diving Competition
PT) 8:00pm – 9:00pm
Women’s Trampoline finals
Men's Rings & Vault
Women's Uneven Bars
Men's 400m Hurdles finals
Men’s Long Jump finals
Women’s Pole Vault finals
PT) 9:00pm – midnight
Women’s Beach Volleyball semifinals (LIVE)
Gymnastics
Trampoline
Men’s Steeplechase finals (Might be shown 8-9pm or 12:30-2am.)
LN) 12:30am – 2:00am
Men’s 3m Springboard semifinals
Women’s 800m finals
Women’s Discus finals
Women’s Beach Volleyball semifinals (LIVE)

TUESDAY, AUG. 19 – DAY 11
DT) 11:00am – 1:00pm
Women's Volleyball quarter finals (LIVE)
Track & Field – unspecified qualifying events
Men’s Trampoline final
Women's Water Polo semifinals
PT) 8:00 p.m. – Midnight
Men’s Parallel and High Bars finals
Women’s Balance Beam finals
Women's 400m finals
Women’s 100m Hurdles finals
Men's 1500m finals
Men’s 3m Springboard finals
Men’s BMX Cycling quarter finals (LIVE)
LN) 12:30am – 2:00am
BMX Cycling quarter finals (Live)
Men’s Beach Volleyball semis
Men’s High Jump finals
Men’s Discus finals

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 20 – DAY 12
PT) 8:00pm – 9:00pm only
Gymnastics Exhibition Routines
Men's 200m finals
Women's 400m Hurdles finals
LN) 12:30am – 2:00am
Women’s Volleyball semifinals (LIVE)
Women’s 10m Platform Diving semifinals
Women’s Hammer finals
Women’s 20km walk finals (on CNBC 12-2am)

THURSDAY, AUG. 21 – DAY 13
DT) 11:00am – 1:00pm
Women’s Water Polo finals
Equestrian Individual Jumping finals
Rhythmic Gymnastics qualification rounds
Men’s Decathlon Day 1 (and much more?)
PT) 8:00pm – 10pm
Men’s 110mh finals
Men’s 400m final
Women’s 200m final
Men’s Triple Jump final
Women’s Diving finals
PT) 10:00pm – midnight
Women’s 10m Platform Diving Final
Men's Triple Jump
Women’s Javelin Throw
Men’s Beach Volleyball finals (LIVE)

FRIDAY, AUG. 22 – DAY 14
PT) 8:00pm – Midnight
Men’s 10m Platform Diving semifinals (LIVE)
Men's 4x100m Relay finals
Men’s Pole Vault finals
Women's 4x100m Relay finals
Women’s Long Jump finals
Women’s 5000m finals
Men’s Decathlon finals

SATURDAY, AUG. 23 – DAY 15
PT) 7:30pm – Midnight
Men's Track & Field – Marathon (LIVE)
Men's 800m finals
Men’s 5000m finals? (Not specified on NBC’s schedule if this will be shown before or after midnight, or if at all.)
Men’s 4x400 Relay finals
Women’s 4x400 Relay finals
Women's 1500m finals? (Not specified on NBC’s schedule if this will be shown before or after midnight, or if at all.)
Women’s High Jump finals? (Not specified on NBC’s schedule if this will be shown before or after midnight, or if at all.)
LN) 12:30am – 5:00am
Men’s Basketball finals (LIVE)
Men’s Table Tennis finals
Men’s Mountain Biking finals
Men’s Javelin Throw Finals

SUNDAY, AUG. 24 – DAY 16
PT) 7:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.
Men's Volleyball finals? (USA Today’s schedule lists this, but NBC’s doesn’t. I doubt events will be shown Sunday.)
Closing Ceremony

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